Dumbledore's Hypocrisy Was: Re: Hermione's Hypocrisy?(long)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 129215

> 
> Alla:
> 
> Erm. I am not so sure at all. It is no secret, that just as you
say,  I also consider Dumbledore's advice especially about Kreacher 
to be  given at very, very, very wrong time and place.
> 
> I do go back and forth on whether he helped Harry or not when he 
> allowed him to crash his office ( it is a possibility that it
helped   Harry) but there is nothing, absolutely nothing ( in my
opinion only  of course) which can justify him saying to Harry how 
wrong Sirius  was  when not even couple hours passed after man died.

Pippin:
When should he have said it then? How long should he have 
allowed Harry to feel that Sirius's contempt for Kreacher was
deserved? 

Sirius held Kreacher guilty by association, and made him suffer
when   Kreacher hadn't yet done any harm -- isn't that the very 
definition of prejudice? None of this is to say that 
Sirius deserved to  die. His error was carelessness not malice. But 
carelessness can kill.

Harry might have been more receptive to this message at a later time, 
though I doubt it. His misconceptions might only be deeper 
engrained. But in any case,  Dumbledore's safety is at end; Voldemort 
knows now  that his fear of Dumbledore was needless, and he may be 
back to finish the job at any moment. The choice is not between the 
very, very wrong time and a possible  better one -- it's a choice 
between the wrong time and no time at all.

However painful it may be for Harry to hear that his godfather erred, 
Harry needs to know because Harry is in grave peril of 
making the same mistake himself, as his contempt for Draco
shows. Harry doesn't think Draco can hurt him, and in this he's surely
wrong. Dumbledore's warning may be vain--but how could he live 
with himself if he spared Harry's feelings and Harry fell into the
same trap?

Pippin